Awning



Aug. 28, 1951 Filed June 30, 1949 c. N. RAIBOUR'N AWNING 2 Sheets-Sheet1 INVENTOR. cHfiRLEs )1. RAIBOURN ATTORNEYS A g- 28, 1951 c. N.RAIBYOLIJRN r 2,565,884

AWNING June 30, 2 Sheets-sheet 2 )0 I INVENTOR. HARLES RAIBOQRN AT T ORNEYS Patented Aug. 28, 1951 to All-Weather Aluminum Awnings, Inc.,Silver Hill, Md., a corporation of the District of Col-umbiaApplication-June 30, 1949', SerialNo. 102,331

The present invention relates generally to awningsandmore particularlyto awnings of the rigid type fabricated from sheet material, such asmetal, and intended to be permanently secured toa' building in anon-convertible position.

Awnings: of the general type referred to above maybe formed offabricated of sheet metal to provide alternate series of ridges andvalleys together with appropriate ventilating apertures to assure thefree movement of air which would otherwise be entrapped beneath theawning sur-' face. In the more popular forms of such awnings, the frontof the awning is provided with a vertically depending front wall ofsimilar alternate ridge and valley configuration in order to enhance theartistic effect of the structure. In such arrangements, prior to thisinvention, the ventilation openings for the front portion of the awningwere so positioned that drain water could seep along the inner surfaceof the depending front wall section, causing a discoloration that wasvisible through the window to which the awning was secured. Also, in theprevious arrangements ofsuch awnings, the ventilation openings at thetop of the awning were not as effective as they might be in enabling afree flow of convection currents and in precluding the seepage of rainwater along the-under surface of the awning.

It is a principal object of this invention to provide an improved formof rigid awning structure having effective ventilation apertures soarranged and located as to prevent any seepage of drain water along theunderside of the awning to thus prevent the decoloration of the awningsurfaces which are normally visible through the window, aswell as thosesurfaces which are seen from the street.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved type of rigidawning structure having a novel arrangement of ventilation apertures andwatershed panel at the top of the awning to provide relativelyunrestricted movement of convection currents through and across theawning surface without seepage or drainage of water to the underside ofthe awning.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide' a novel form ofrigid awning structure in which the upper awning wall and front wall areformed from a single sheet of metalthat is stamped and bent in, suchmanner as to provide concealed ventilation apertures at the front andrear portions of the awning. which apertures are completely shieldedfrom the sun and rain to prevent the ingress of eitherthe suns' rays or'water through the awning.

7 Claims. (01. 20-57 Another object of the invention-ls to provideanimproved form ofrigid awning. structure ineluding adownwardly inclinedupper awning wall from which a vertically depending front wall-.-section isextended and having concealed ventilationapertures at-thefront of the awning in the region interconnecting the upper awning walland the: depending front wall.

Further objects andadvantages of this invention-willbe apparentwithreference to the'follow ing specification and drawings in which:

Fig, 1 is a perspective elevationof the rigid awning of this, invention;

Fig.- 2- is a vertical section taken onthe line 2-2 of- Fig. 1;

Fig-Bis a fragmentary horizontal section'ta-kenon the line 3--3 of Fig.-2';

Fig 4' is a fragmentary vertical section taken on the line 4-4- ofFigr1;

Fig. 5 is across section on the line 55 of- F'ig. 2;.

Fig. 6 is a front elevation in the direction of the arrows 6-6 ofFig. 2;and

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary-plan view of the stamped blank beforev bendingto. form. the upper and front. awning walls.

. Referring to the-drawingathe rigid awning of this inventionispreferably formed of sheet metal, although other sheet. materials maybe used, if desired. The. awning walls, comprising. the upper, front.and sidewall sections. are formed with alternate ridge and valleyportions extending in the direction, of. the awning which may be ofequal width, as shown, or may have varying widths if unusual decorativeeffects are desired. As. shownin Figs. 1,2 and 7,.vthe upper,downwardly-inclined awning-wall surface generally shown. at. [0,, andthe vertically-depending front wall surface generally shownat H are bentand formed. from a singlesheet of. metal having the appropriate shape,together withthe cut-out ventilation. apertures. l2 tobe at the lowerfront edge, and. ventilationapertures l.3to be at the upper rear edge.ofthe awning and particularly located in the vertically, extendingconnecting wall portions, between the alternate ridge and valleysections. The single blank of sheet. metal, asshown in Figs. 1 land-7,is. bent-at. the outside edges, such, as" HI, and. Hi, to form roundedand folded side edges, such. as shown at IS. The blank is also. bent to;consecutivelyreversed. right anglesa'lcngj the dotted lines, such as l8,I9, 20 and 21, to formalternate valley surfaces 22- and ridge surfaces23,, the blank: being. further bent transversely thereoffas shown-in. thvicinity of from reaching the underside or inner surface of the frontwall II but instead drains clear of the front wall due to the overhangof the upper wall valley lip 21 with respect to the front wall'j valley28.

Each of the end or side walls of the awning structure, such as the onegenerally shown at 30, is formed with alternate ridge and valleysections similar to those of the upper and front walls, althoughpreferably, no ventilation provisions are made in the end walls. Each ofthe end walls, such as 30, are provided with turned-out flanges alongtheir upper and front edges which are fastened to the folded edges I6 ofthe upper and front awning walls by suitable fasteners such as therivets shown at 3I3!. In order to suitably brace the structure, ahorizontal girder 38 is fastened to each end wall 30 by rivets 39-44. Across piece or girder 45 is likewise provided to brace the upper awningwall and is secured by rivets 4 6'53. In order to reenforce thebendportion between the upper wall I and the front wall II, the transversegirder 55 having a cross-sectional shape as shown in Figs. 2 and fl isriveted to the .front wall H at 56-59 and to the upper wall I at 6U63.It will be noted that the girder 55 is shaped to permit free movement ofair in the direction of the arrow '54 under the valley lip 21 at thefront of the awning and throu h the trough of the underside of the ridge23. The rear edges of the side wall 30 may be flanged inward such as at69 to provide a surface for contact with the wall of the building onwhich the awning is to be installed., ,7 g 7 Extending longitudinallyalong the upper end of the awning, is across member 10 of generallytriangularocross section and thiscross member may be fastened to theflange 69 ofeach of the end wall surfaces 30. A number of holes H-13 maybe provided for mounting bolts (not shown) by whichthe awning maybeattached to the building wa l or window frame. It will be noted that theupper ends of the valley surface 22 are bent at M and extend almost .tothe building wall when the awning is in place. Thus drain water ispositively prevented from reaching the under--v side of the upper wallof the awning in the vicinity of the upper end of such valley surfacesas shown at 22. A water shed or flashing 9!! is provided to overlie theupper ends of both the ridges 23 and valleys. 22 to prevent directaccess of the sunsrays or rainwater to the upper ventilation openings I3. It will be seen in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings that the water shed90 is providedwith an outwardly-turned flanged lip 9,1 .adaptedto engagethe building wall and is provided with a slightly down-turned flange 92sothatwith the water shed secured to the ridge surfaces by self -tappingscrews 9496, a clearancesuch as, shown at 91 is provided between theunderside of the water shed 90 and the ridge surface 23. Thus theventilation of air from beneath the awning at theupper end isfacilitated by permitting the air to flow through the ventilationopenings I3 and transversely through the 4 clearance 91 as well as frombeneath the water shed 90.

It will be apparent from the description above that the rigid awningarrangement of my invention provides a decorative structure havingconcealed ventilation openings at the front and rear of the inclinedupper awning surface and that the ventilation apertures are so locatedas to minimize the passage of any light or water with a maximum freedomof air flow. It should also be emphasized that the arrangement of thefront awning apertures is particularly effective to prevent the flow ofwater along both the inside and outside faces of thevertically-depending front wall which would otherwise causediscoloration of the awning. It should be understood that the awning maybe surface-coated to resist corrosion and provide decorative efiects andthat such coating will be additionally preserved with the use of thenovel ventilation arrangements of this invention. The awning asillustrated for purposes of the above description is shown to haveirregular or scalloped depending edge configurations and it should beobvious that other edge configurations may be used, if desired, withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in theappended claims.

I claim:

1. A rigid awning structure having a single sheet of material benttransversely to form a downwardly-inclined upper awning wall and avertically-depending front awning wall; said awning walls being'furtherformed to provide alternate ridge and valley sections, the valleysections of said upper wall being extended to overlie the valleysections of said front wall, ventilation openings in the vicinities ofthe lower end and the upper end of the upper awing wall, the Ventilationopenings in the vicinity of the lower end of said upper wall beinglocated in the valley sections of said front wall and immediatelyadjacent the aforementioned'overlying valley sections of said upperwall, and the ventilation openings in the tically-depending front awningwall, said awning walls being further formed to provide alternate ridgeand valley sections, the valley sections of said upper wall beingextended to overlie the valley sections of said front wall, ventilationopenings in the vicinities of the lower end and the upper end of theupper awning wall, the ventilationopenings in the vicinity of the lowerend of said upper wall being located in the valley sections of saidfront wall and immediately adjacent the aforementioned overlying valleysections of said upper wall, theventilation openings in the vicinity ofthe upper end of said upper wall being located in the verticallyextending connecting portions between said ridge and valley sections,and a water shed transversely overlying the ridge and valley sections ofthe upper wall together with the ventilation openings in the vicinity ofthe upper end of the upper wall.

3. A rigid awning structure having a single sheet of material benttransversely to form a downwardly-inclined upper awning wall and avertically-depending front awning wall, said awning walls being furtherformed to provide alter: nate ridge and valley sections, extending inthe.

direction of the awning,ventilation'opening in the vicinities of thelower end and the upper end of the upper awning wall, the ventilationopenings in the vicinity of the lower end of said upper wall beinglocated in the valley sections of said front wall, the ventilationopenings in the vicinity of the upper end of said upper wall beinglocated in the vertically extending connecting portions between saidridge and valley sections, and a water shed transversely overlying theridge and valley sections of the upper wall together with theventilation openings in the vicinity of the upper end of the upper wall,said water shed having a downwardly-turned lower edge terminating inclose proximity to the ridge surfaces of the upper wall whereby aventilation space is provided between the ridge surfaces and theunderside of the watershed. V

4. A rigid awning structure having a single sheet of material benttransversely to form a downwardly-inclined upper awning wall and avertically-depending front awning wall, said awning walls being furtherformed to provide alternate ridge and valley sections extending in thedirection of the awning, the upper end of the valley sections of theupper wall being bent upwardly, ventilation openings in the vicinitiesof the lower end and the upper end of the upper awning wall, theventilation openings in the vicinity of the lower end of said upper wallbeing located in the valley sections of said front wall, L

the ventilation openings in the vicinity of the upper end of said upperwall being located in the vertically extending connecting portionsbetween said ridge and valley sections, and a water shed transverselyoverlying the ridge and valley sections of the upper wall together withthe ventilation openings in the vicinity of the upper end of the upperwall, said water shed having a downwardly-turned lower edge whereby aventilation space is provided between the ridge surfaces and theunderside of the watershed.

5. A rigid awning structure comprising a downwardly-inclined upperawning wall, a front wall vertically-depending from the lower end ofsaid upper wall, said front and upper walls having alternate ridge andvalley sections extending in the direction of the awning, ventilationopenings in the front wall valley sections adjacent the lower end ofsaid upper wall, the valley sections of said upper wall extended tooverlie the valley sections of said front wall and thus conceal saidventilation openings in the front wall valley sections.

6. A rigid awning structure having a single sheet of material benttransversely to form a downwardly-inclined upper awning wall and avertically-depending front awning wall, said awning walls being furtherformed to provide alternate ridge and valley sections extending in thedirection of the awning, and ventilation openings in the front wallvalley sections in the vicinity of the transverse bend, the valleysections of the upper awning wall being extended at the aforementionedtransverse bend to overlie the valley sections of the front wall toconceal said ventilation openings.

7. A rigid awning structure comprising a downwardly-inclined upperawning wall, a front wall vertically-depending from the lower end ofsaid upper wall, said front and upper walls having alternate ridge andvalley sections extending in the direction of the awning, ventilationopenings in the front wall valley sections adjacent the lower end ofsaid upper wall, the valley sections of said upper wall extended tooverlie the valley sections of said front wall and thus conceal saidventilation openings in the front wall valley sections, ventilationopenings in the vertical wall portions interconnecting said ridge andvalley sections in the vicinity of the upper end of the aforementionedupper awning wall, and a water shed transversely overlyin the ridge andvalley sections together with said ventilation openings of the upperwall.

CHARLES N. RAIBOURN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,307,272 Houseman Jan. 5, 19432,441,081 Perry et al. May 4, 1948 2,486,660 Kurtz Nov. 1, 19492,503,136 Simpson Apr. 4, 1950

